FPGA-based system development
Custom FPGA designs in VHDL and Verilog, dedicated hardware accelerators, and integration into new or existing architectures.
Aerospace · Defence · Medical technology · Automotive
Safety-critical embedded systems. From system model to FPGA.
We develop FPGA- and SoC-based computing systems for applications where failure is not an option. Systems engineering, hardware and software from a single team – model-based throughout and traceable to the aviation standards.
- SYS-0422-out-of-3 voting of redundant sensor signals
- ARCH-07Voter as a hardware block in FPGA fabric
- HW-118Voting latency < 2 µs
- voter.vhdRTL implementation
- TC-311Hardware test passed
Developed to
- ARP4754B
- DO-254
- DO-178C
- DO-297
- DO-331
- ARINC 653
What sets us apart
Three disciplines that rarely come under one roof.
Safety-critical computing systems rarely fail because of a single discipline – they fail at the interfaces between them. That is why we bring all three together in one team.
FPGA & SoC development
FPGA logic, low-level software and interfaces designed as one jointly optimised system – not as separate trades.
Development to aviation standards
Avionics hardware and software to ARP4754B, DO-254, DO-178C and ARINC 653.
Model-based systems engineering
Requirements, architecture and verification in one continuous SysML model – the authoritative source of truth for your project.
Many providers master two of these fields. We combine all three – and deliver seamless traceability from system requirement to implementation.
Services
From a single work package to a ready-to-deploy computing system.
Our services are modular: commission exactly the part you need – or the entire development chain.
Embedded software
Low-level software in C, middleware connecting higher system layers, and integration of AI-based components.
Hardware/software co-design
Hardware architecture, FPGA logic and software designed together – for better performance, efficiency and maintainability.
Model-based systems engineering
Requirements, architecture, configuration and change management in SysML v1/v2 – traceable all the way to certification.
Complete computing systems
Full development responsibility: from requirements analysis to a validated, ready-to-deploy system from a single source.
All services in detail
Scope, interfaces, standards and our three models of collaboration.
See servicesWhy FPGA-Solutions
What you get with us – and rarely find together elsewhere.
One model, fully traceable
Every requirement is linked to architecture, implementation and test. That reduces the effort of providing evidence to certification authorities.
One team instead of fragments
Systems engineering, FPGA logic and software come from one team. You don't coordinate the interfaces – and you don't carry their risk.
Results, not timesheets
We take on clearly scoped work packages and deliver quality-assured results documented to the standards – not staff augmentation.
Safety by design
Safety and reliability shape the very first architecture decisions – instead of being retrofitted into a finished solution.
Research meets practice
Our team comes from the DLR Institute of Flight Systems and combines avionics practice with the current state of research on safe system architectures.
Direct line to the engineers
The founders work on your project themselves. Short decision paths, no intermediate layers, fast response to change.
Process
One continuous development process along the V-model.
Whether a single work package or a complete subsystem: every result is designed for integration into the overall system from day one.
System requirements
Captured, structured and anchored in the SysML model.
Architecture
System, hardware and software architecture – optimised together.
Implementation
FPGA logic in VHDL/Verilog, low-level software in C.
Integration
Hardware, logic and software brought together on the target platform.
Verification & validation
Evidence against every requirement – traceable back to the model.
Ready-to-deploy computing system
Team
Founded by engineers from aerospace research.
The founders of FPGA-Solutions worked on safety-critical flight systems at the DLR Institute of Flight Systems – from redundancy management for flight control computers to new modelling approaches for complex avionics.
Phillip Nöldeke
Managing Director · FPGA & Systems Engineering
FPGA and SoC architectures for safety-critical avionics – including active redundancy management for flight control computers.
Vincent Janson
Technical Lead · FPGA & Embedded Software
Embedded software and hardware/software co-design – custom FPGA accelerators for compute-intensive algorithms.
Contact
Planning a safety-critical system?
Tell us about your project – whether it's a feasibility question, a clearly scoped work package or a complete subsystem. In a first conversation we'll work out how we can best support you.